The German Bundestag approved the protocol to the income and capital tax treaty with Albania on 5 November 2026, advancing the ratification process for amendments to the 2010 tax treaty.

 

The German lower house of parliament (Bundestag) adopted the draft law approving the protocol to the income and capital tax treaty with Albania on 5 November 2026, as announced in a parliamentary release.

Signed on 9 June 2026, the measure will take effect following the exchange of the ratification instruments and will apply from 1 January of the year subsequent to its entry into force.

Earlier, The Albanian Council of Ministers approved a draft law on 2 September 2026 to ratify the second protocol amending the 2010 income tax treaty with Germany.